Be Feared by Jane Burn Merlina Acevedo draws a bull’s-eye on humanity’s

draws a bull’s-eye on humanity’s vulnerable flesh and corrupted world

illness and loss into rites of passage

ran the Alpha Boys School for wayward boys

The Ministry of Flowers is in many ways a book for our times

These poems are transformative in every sense of the word – exploring how language contains and changes grief and how the natural world can help us survive terrible loss

Be Feared by Jane Burn Merlina Acevedo draws a bull’s-eye on humanity’sJane Burns new poetry collection Be Feared is a captivating reclamation of self, sisterhood, and love, encountering everything from Snow White to monsters, plagues and infernos. Acknowledging fear, this book embraces discovery, a process of translation and transformation, of finding a voice radiant with both curses and psalms. Rebellious, bloody, and encroached upon by violence, Burns poetry examines survival, abuse and healing. Intensely imaginative,